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Summary

As one of the most significant figures in the development of the field of applied psychology, German-born Hugo Munsterberg emphasized the importance of bringing psychology out of the laboratory and into the real world. In Psychology and Social Sanity, he addresses a number of pressing social problems that defined the cultural landscape of the early twentieth century in the context of then cutting-edge research about mental health and cognition.

Contents

Sex education. Socialism. The intellectual underworld. Thought transference. The mind of the juryman. Efficiency on the farm. Social sins in advertising. The mind of the investor. Society and the dance. Naīve psychology.